The Americas · Migration

Cherokee removal and rebuilding

1830-c. 1850 CE · Cherokee homelands and Indian Territory

U.S. removal policy and military force expelled most Cherokee people from southeastern homelands; survivors rebuilt government in Indian Territory while other Cherokee communities remained in the East.

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How the setting appeared

Removal routes crossed roads, rivers, camps and forts from the southern Appalachians to present-day Oklahoma.

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How people lived

Families endured detention, hunger, disease and death; clan, language, print and political institutions supported survival and rebuilding.

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How people worked

Cherokee farmers, printers, translators, leaders and community organizers pursued legal defense, supplied travelers and reconstructed towns and government.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Cherokee ceremonial traditions and several Christian communities persisted through removal without becoming one uniform faith.

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World-atlas stage: Industrial and colonial age
Region: North America · Cherokee homelands and Indian Territory
Languages and scripts: Cherokee; English
Important people: John Ross; Major Ridge; Elias Boudinot; Stand Watie
Events and changes: Indian Removal Act; Treaty of New Echota; Military roundup; Trail of Tears; Reestablishment of Cherokee government
Evidence confidence: High from Cherokee and federal archives; the term Trail of Tears covers several detachments and distinct national experiences.

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Historical geography

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Evidence register

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What Happened on the Trail of Tears?

https://www.nps.gov/trte/learn/historyculture/what-happened-on-the-trail-of-tears.htm

U.S. National Park Service

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History of the Cherokee Nation

https://www.cherokee.org/about-the-nation/history/

Cherokee Nation

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